Old Woman on Beach

• TPPhotog

• Dec 16, 2004

Mike I see using a purple Holga makes all the difference Why did you have to post this one, I just know it's going to be one of those addictive pictures that I can't put my finger on the "why is it addictive" factor.

 

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  SuzanneR

• Dec 16, 2004

That chair appears to be floating! What a great image, well done!

 

• BWGirl

• Dec 16, 2004

Great photo! I love the tone...kinda dark...kinda light. If it were here, I'd say 'there's a storm coming'! (BTW... the beach is a lousy place to knit unless you like sand in your yarn).

 

• Leon

• Dec 16, 2004

Mike - great as always ... the thing that is confusing me is that there are no footprints leading up to the old lady. It seems as if she either flew there with a space-age jet pack, or she has been there since before the tide went out ..... a great surreal enhancement to the picture.

 

• grahamp

• Dec 16, 2004

The similar design on the hat and the chair back make this work for me. The whole scene seems improbable, somehow, but the hat just makes it happen. The vignetting from the camera adds complicity from the viewer too.

 

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  Glenn Mathison

• Dec 16, 2004

Are Holga's time machines? I don't know when the image was taken, but it *looks* like it was 50 or 60 years ago... The Holga effect maybe??

 

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  mikepry

• Dec 17, 2004

Glenn,
The "Holga effect" is that it gives you what it wants to. You can't count on anything but rather just be happy with what's there. Also, not to sound redundant but there is a "fun factor" and that is the main appeal to me.